Michele Pasin / Quotes

An ontology is a richer thesaurus

An ontology, like a thesaurus, is a kind of taxonomy with structure and specific types of relationships between terms. In an ontology the types of…

About Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies #ontology #Semantic-Web #information-systems #companies #taxonomy

Bitcoin, a currency no company controls

Bitcoins are an anonymous, decentralised, peer-to-peer digital currency.In contrast to older forms of electronic money, no company controls Bitcoin, nor ever…

Bitcoin: What You Need To Know | Technology | Theguardian.com #Bitcoin #transactions #companies

Conway's law

Conway's Law, that states that "organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of…

Technology Radar July 2014 | Thoughtworks #law #organization #companies

Dopo il licenziamento, il demansionamento

Il problema di essere mandati via da un’azienda è spinoso. A trent’anni non è grave, si è giovani, si può trovare un’altra occupazione con relativa facilità…

Adesso basta (Simone Perotti) #work #career #companies #jobs

Groupon started as something else

Groupon is one of the fastest-growing companies of all time. Its name comes from “group coupons,” an ingenious idea that has spawned an entire industry of…

The Lean Startup (Eric Ries) #startups #companies #business

Il crollo di Lehman Brothers

Mentre scrivevo questo libro, Lehman Brothers chiudeva. Per caso ero a New York proprio quel giorno. Ho assistito alla drammatica scena dei dipendenti che…

Adesso basta (Simone Perotti) #capitalism #companies #work #values